lashing

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English

Etymology

From lash +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

Noun

lashing (countable and uncountable, plural lashings)

  1. Something used to tie something or lash it to something.
    The lashings, which had been holding the chest to the deck of the storm-tossed ship, broke, and it went overboard.
  2. The act of one who, or that which, lashes; castigation; chastisement.
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      the lashings out of his luxur
  3. (in the plural, informal, UK, Ireland) Lots; a great amount.

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lashing

  1. present participle and gerund of lash
    the rain was lashing down

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